Extraordinary Women

This is a documentary series full of popular names, which of course only skims the surface. However, it is credited with keeping those names in the limelight, which is of course sometimes enough. Specifically, Hedy Lamarr: The story of this extraordinary woman is only reminiscent of a series of failed marriages, but the important thing is the patent she filed during World War II, which only became a success in the modern age of mobile phones. On the other hand, she also had a very substantial film and theater career, of which we only get hints, and more space is given to that embarrassing incident in the 1960s when she was on trial for theft. It would have been better to prioritize, i.e., cut color samples from color films and not forget her production company, in which case it could have been excellent. (12.01.2014)